GALATI EX REL. GALATI v. TOWN OF LONGBOAT KEY

No. 89-02585.

562 So.2d 780 (1990)

Christopher F. GALATI, a Minor, by and through His Parents and Next Friends, Michael A. GALATI and Anna Maria Galati, and Michael A. Galati and Anna Maria Galati, Individually, Appellants, v. TOWN OF LONGBOAT KEY, a Municipal Corporation within the State of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied June 25, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond F. Brady of Rodney D. McGalliard, P.A., Gainesville, for appellants.

Thomas H. Dart and Carol Whitcher Wood of Dart, Ford, Strelec & Spivey, P.A., Sarasota, for appellee.


LEHAN, Acting Chief Judge.

This appeal involves whether and under what circumstances a town may be found to have had a duty of care to a plaintiff who was injured from a hidden danger on land which, while within the town's boundaries, was owned by a county. We reverse the summary judgment which in effect determined that no such duty could be found to exist in this case.

A minor plaintiff and his parents appeal from a summary judgment in favor of defendant...

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